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Miami Tower Janitors Say They're Facing Retaliation for Protesting Unfair Working Conditions
Janitors from the Miami Tower protested earlier this month against unfair working conditions and harassment they say they have had to face for months throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
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‘You Can't Sit Here:' Gaskins on Using Civil Disobedience as Protest
Dr. Albert Gaskins recalls his experience traveling between Washington, D.C. and Virginia as a child, and why he bucked the expectation for Black riders to sit at the back of the bus.
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Protests In Washington After Police Car Drives Through Crowd
Dozens of people marched through the streets of Tacoma late Sunday in response to a police car driving through a crowd the day before
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World Leaders Respond to Riot at US Capitol
World leaders responded with shock and sadness to the rioters storming the U.S. Capitol
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Candace Cameron Bure Denies Attending Brother Kirk's Caroling Protests
Candace Cameron Bure is speaking out about her brother Kirk Cameron’s recent protests.
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Clashes Break Out After Rally for Trump in DC
Multiple clashes broke out in Washington, D.C., after thousands gathered at a rally to support President Donald Trump.
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Gov. DeSantis Pushes “Anti-Mob” Proposal in Response to Protests
An “anti-mob” legislation drafted by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and aimed at police brutality protests would expand the state’s Stand Your Ground law, a move critics say would allow bystanders to shoot and kill looters
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Protesters March Peacefully in Louisville After Grand Jury Announcement
Protesters marched in Louisville, Ky., after a grand jury did not charge three Louisville police officers for Breonna Taylor’s shooting death.
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Protesters Held on $1 Million Bail After Demonstration Over Pa. Police Shooting
Thirteen people who are accused of committing crimes while participating in a civil disturbance in Lancaster on Sunday night sat behind bars Tuesday, with bail for seven of them set at $1 million.
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Man Arrested Months After Miami Protest
A man accused of damaging a Miami Police Department car during a protest in late May has been arrested, authorities said Monday. Sebastian Manuel Romero, 19, is facing charges for inciting a riot and felony criminal mischief in the May 30 incident, police officials said.
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NFL Season Kicks Off With Nod to Social Injustice at Chiefs-Texans Contest
Super Bowl champions Kansas City Chiefs offered a symbolic gesture of support for racial injustice ahead of the NFL’s first game of the season Thursday, NBC News reports.
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Belarus Activist Resists Effort to Deport Her to Ukraine
A leading opposition activist in Belarus is being held after she resisted attempts by to deport her to Ukraine as part of a crackdown on protests of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko
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Bicycle Stop Leads to Deputies Shooting, Killing Black Man in LA
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department was investigating the fatal shooting of a Black man by two deputies Monday afternoon.
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Protest Held Outside Postmaster General's Home
Protesters gathered outside the Northwest D.C. home of the postmaster general Saturday morning after the U.S. Postal Service warned states that it can’t guarantee all ballots cast by mail for the November election will arrive in time to be counted. Hundreds marched through the streets of Adams Morgan, the neighborhood where Postmaster General Louis DeJoy lives. They staged a...
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Prosecutor Won't Act on Low-Level Portland Protest Arrests
The newly elected district attorney in Portland, Oregon, has announced a new policy that means that cases will be dismissed against dozens — and possibly several hundred — people arrested on lesser charges at the ongoing protests in Oregon’s largest city
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More Violent Portland Protests Detract From Message, Police Chief Says
Clashes outside a U.S. courthouse in Portland, Oregon, have largely stopped since Democratic Gov. Kate Brown reached a deal that called for the draw down of federal agents sent by the Trump administration
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Portland, Oregon, Protests Relatively Calm After US Drawdown
The first nightly protest in Portland, Oregon, since a deal was struck for federal agents to withdraw from the city was largely peaceful after state troopers took over protecting a federal courthouse
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Portland's Mayor Tear-Gassed by US Agents as Protest Rages
The mayor of Portland, Oregon, was tear-gassed by federal agents as he stood with protesters at a fence guarding a federal courthouse
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Black UK Protester Statue Removed From Pedestal in Bristol
Officials in the English city of Bristol have removed a statue of a Black Lives Matter activist that was installed barely 24 hours earlier on a pedestal once occupied by a monument to a 17th-century slave trader